Thursday, September 26, 2013

Heirloom Tomato Madness!

Here on my little homestead, I grow many tomatoes.  This year I grew cherry tomatoes, heirloom San Marzano tomatoes (the "Italian" tomato), and heirloom Brandywine tomatoes (the Amish tomato).  I ended up with well over 1,000 tomatoes from a total of 15 plants.  Not bad!  I eat them fresh, I can them, and I dry them.  Then I can enjoy the best tomatoes all year long.  A little gluten-free pasta, a little bit of homegrown tomato sauce, and I'm a happy girl!


What you see here is about 300 San Marzano tomatoes. There are 11 quarts of whole tomatoes (10-12 per quart) and 9 quarts of crushed tomatoes (about 22 per quart). It took me about 5 or 6 days to harvest, wash, and process all of these, but it will be so worth it in the winter! Now . . . it's time to start on apples . . . So many wonderful gluten-free foods in this world. :)

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